Phillip Schofield channels daredevil Evel Knievel as he saddles up for an ad shoot.

The This Morning host, 56, was snapped wearing a star-spangled jumpsuit and helmet very similar to the legendary US stuntman’s at a motorbike racetrack in the village of Jordans, in Buckinghamshire.

He looked an easy rider in the promo for website webuyanycar.com until the time came to give the bike some real throttle – and he let a pro in matching kit jump to it.

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In previous of Phil's ads, he's been a lot more serene as he's been seen sitting with kittens, taking gentle journeys to the hairdressers, and zip-lining in a very safe and non-scary way.

But clearly the ads are set to get a little more intense for the TV host, though luckily his life was not at risk as the pro took all the difficult jobs in hand.

Death-defying Evel’s most famous stunt was a record-breaking leap over 14 Greyhound buses at Ohio’s Kings Island amusement park in October 1975.

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Phil may also be trying to get some danger into his life as his This Morning colleague, Holly Willoughby, is set to visit more dangerous climbs as she heads to the jungle - though not to eat bugs and kangaroo testicles.

Nope, she will be safely in the jungle studio with her co-host, Dec Donnelly, to present I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here in place of Ant McPartlin.

Stuntman icon Evel Knievel – who died in 2007, aged 69 – attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorbike jumps his career and was well known for his incredible stunts.

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Evel Knievel (Image: Getty)

But in 1974, he failed in a bid to jump Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket.

Let’s hope the website doesn’t get any crazy ideas for Phil’s next ad.